*Bayelsa, Adamawa, Sokoto, C/River, Kogi affected
Ikechukwu Nnochiri
27 January 2012, Sweetcrude, ABUJA – Nigeria’s Supreme Court has in a judgement delivered, Friday morning, sacked the five governors of Bayelsa, Adamawa, Sokoto, C/River, Kogi state from their respective office.
In a unanimous decision, a 7-man panel of justices of the apex court, maintained that the affected governors exceeded the 4-years tenure that was specifically stipulated in section 180(2) of the 1999 constitution.
Counsequently,it made an order setting aside the two lower courts judgments that ab-initio elongated the tenure of the governors till this year.
The affected governors areTimipre Sylva(Bayelsa), Magatakada Wamakko,(Sokoto), Liyel Imoke(C/River), Ibrahim Idris(Kogi) and Murtala Nyako( Adamawa).
